Born in Tehran and raised in Rotterdam, Sevda Alizadeh played basketball for the Dutch national youth team and earned a master's degree in communication before she opted to explore her artistic impulses in the early 2010s. Following tracks such as 2012's "DelftsBlauw," in 2015 she delivered a pair of EPs, The Suspended Kid and Children of Silk, that she created with Rotterdam-based producer Mucky and released on her own Twisted Elegance label. The following year, Sevdaliza issued The Formula, a short film featuring songs including "Mad Woman," which appeared as a single in 2017.
In April 2017, Sevdaliza's debut album, Ison, arrived. Named for a sungrazing comet, it was an ambitious set of songs revolving around identity and past lives that was also released as a visual album. She followed it in 2018 with The Calling EP and a string of singles, including 2019's "Martyr," that preceded the August 2020 release of her second full-length, Shabrang. With a title alluding to a black horse that appears in a 11th century Persian epic poem, the album reunited Sevdaliza with Mucky and string arranger Mihai Puscoiu. Sevdaliza returned in February 2022 with Raving Dahlia, an EP of dance-based songs about a robotic "femmenoid" artist who liberates herself from the expectations put on women. Along with releasing the EP on her own Twisted Elegance label, Sevdaliza also constructed a version of the robot. ~ Heather Phares & Andy Kellman, Rovi
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